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Britain's biggest High Street banks go to the High Court this morning to defend their overdraft charges. As the massive clean-up gets underway - a new hardship fund is launched to help those hit hardest by the summer floods. American doctors have been ...

Relief could be on its way for ten thousand families this morning, as water supplies in Tewkesbury are gradually restored. In Oxford and along the Thames Valley the rising waters seem to have peaked overnight. Increased security checks at airports ...

A third of a million people in flood-affected areas are now facing the prospect of two weeks without running water. The army is involved in a huge operation to get supplies to them. The Prime Minister will today re-open the debate on how long terrorist ...

At least 150 thousand homes in flooded areas have been left without clean running water and up to 50 thousand homes have no power. New areas are now coming under threat as water levels in the Thames and Great Ouse rise. The government is expected to ...

Thousands of people are without power, and thousands have no fresh water as severe flooding continues to affect large areas of the country. Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire are among the worst affected areas. The government will invest in ...

No one will face charges following the cash for honours investigation, the BBC understands. The inquiry has lasted sixteen months and cost a million pounds. The Labour party has retained both seats at yesterday's by-elections. The votes in ...

The minimum driving age should be raised to eighteen and the legal alcohol limit for new motorists reduced to zero. MPs on the Transport Select Committee believe the measures will help cut the number of young drivers involved in accidents. The BBC is ...

Up to two hundred people are feared dead after a plane overshot a runway in Brazil and crashed into a fuel depot. The state governor said the chances of finding survivors were "practically nil". Single parents will have to try and get a job when their ...

Relations between Britain and Russia are at a new low after the Foreign Office announced it is expelling four Russian diplomats. It's a response to Russia's continued refusal to help bring to trial the main suspect in the murder of Alexander Litvinenko. ...

Government plans to increase recycling are unlikely to work, according to an influential group of MPs. It says fining householders for not recycling enough will lead to fly tipping, and that fortnightly rubbish collections are unsuitable for many urban ...

The BBC has apologised to the Queen for giving misleading pictures of her to the press, but the controller of BBC One says he won’t resign. The footage appeared to show Her Majesty storming out of a photo shoot but misrepresented the sequence of ...

Teachers in England are being promised more freedom over lessons under a new national curriculum for ary schools. Climate change, cookery and Mandarin could be coming to a classroom near you. Police officers in England and Wales will be issued with ...

Thousands of new homes are to be built as housing becomes one of the government's top priorities. Gordon Brown is expected to say later that new housing will be cheaper and more environmentally friendly. More than a million school children could be ...

Britain's biggest insurance companies will come under pressure from the government today to release money to the thousands of flood victims in the North of England quickly. All married couples should receive tax relief worth about 20 pounds a week, ...

A three year old British girl who was abducted by gunmen in Nigeria last week is back home with her family after being released unharmed. Margaret Hill’s captors had originally threatened to kill her if their demands weren't met. Britain is failing to ...

The mother of a three year old British girl, kidnapped yesterday in Nigeria, says the group holding her has threatened to kill her. Margaret Hill was taken from her parent's car in the town of Port Harcourt. Despite promising financial help to the ...

Another rise in interest rates is on the cards today and it could spell trouble for those already struggling to pay their mortgages. If the Bank of England does put rates up again, it'll be the fifth rise in the last 12 months. People in England will ...

The BBC journalist Alan Johnston has been freed after almost four months in captivity. He was released early this morning by the radical "Army of Islam". He said his ordeal had been the worst time of his life and thanked the many people who had ...

Police are holding eight people in connection with the terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow. It's thought that six work in the medical profession and that four of them are doctors from outside the UK. The eighth person was detained by police in ...